April 2014 – Monthly Review
This month I read 27 books, you can see them all below. It was another big month for finishing up a number of series. I also started a few new series. Some of my favorites were The Kraken King by Mlejean Brook and Half-Off Ragnarok by Seanan McGuire.
The reading challenges I am participating this year were all updated as well.
Hope you all had a great month of reading!
I started the following series:
- Adaptation (Adaptation, Book 1) by Malinda Lo (3/5 stars)
- Zita the Spacegirl by Ben Hatke (4/5 stars)
- The Wizard’s Promise (The Hannah Duology, Book 1) by Cassandra Rose Clarke (3/5 stars)
- The Screaming Staircase (Lockwood and Co, Book 1) by Jonathan Stroud (4/5 stars)
I finished the following series:
- The Far West (Frontier Magic, Book 3) by Patricia C. Wrede (4/5 stars)
- The Rose and the Thorn (Riyria Chronicles, Book 2) by Michael J. Sullivan (4/5 stars)
- Infinite (Incarnate, Book 3) by Jodi Meadows (4/5 stars)
- The Forever Song (Blood of Eden, Book 3) by Julie Kagawa (4/5 stars)
- Return of Zita the Spacegirl (Zita the Spacegirl, Book 3) by Ben Hatke (5/5 stars)
My Favorite Books of the Month Were:
- Murder of Crows (The Others, Book 2) by Anne Bishop (5/5 stars)
- The Kraken King Part 1: The Kraken and the Sribbling Spinster by Meljean Brook (5/5 stars)
- The Kraken King Part 2: The Kraken King and the Adominable Worm by Meljean Brook (5/5 stars)
- Return of Zita the Spacegirl (Zita the Spacegirl, Book 3) by Ben Hatke (5/5 stars)
- Half-Off Ragnarok (InCryptid, Book 3) by Seanan McGuire (5/5 stars)
- Claymore, Vol 3 by Norihiro Yagi (5/5 stars)
Here are the stats on the reading challenges I am participating in:
– Series Reading Challenge (11/12 books)
– Ebook Reading Challenge (29/50 books)
– Chunkster Reading Challenge (6/20 books)
– Graphic Novel Reading Challenge (38/24 books) complete!
– Audio Book Reading Challenge (8/25 books)
– Fairy Tales Retold Reading Challenge (6/12 books)
– You Read How Many Books? Reading Challenge (102/200 books)
– 100 Books in a Year Reading Challenge (101/100 books) complete!
The full list of books that I read this month are shown below.
1. Magi: The Labyrinth of Magic Vol. 4 by Shinobu Ohtaka
2. Chi’s Sweet Home Vol 6 by Konami Kanata (4.5/5 stars)
3. The Far West (Frontier Magic, Book 3) by Patricia C. Wrede (4/5 stars)
4. The Rose and the Thorn (Riyria Chronicles, Book 2) by Michael J. Sullivan (4/5 stars)
5. Adaptation (Adaptation, Book 1) by Malinda Lo (3/5 stars)
6. Magi: The Labyrinth of Magic, Vol 5 by Shinobu Ohtaka (4.5/5 stars)
7. Murder of Crows (The Others, Book 2) by Anne Bishop (5/5 stars)
8. Forest of the Night (Coffin Hill, Vol 1) by Caitlin Kittredge and Inaki Miranda (3/5 stars)
9. Zita the Spacegirl by Ben Hatke (4/5 stars)
10. The Kraken King Part 1: The Kraken and the Sribbling Spinster by Meljean Brook (5/5 stars)
11. The Goblin Emperor by Katherine Addison (3/5 stars)
12. Agent to the Stars by John Scalzi (4.5/5 stars)
13. Infinite (Incarnate, Book 3) by Jodi Meadows (4/5 stars)
14. Chi’s Sweet Home Vol 7 by Konami Kanata (4.5/5 stars)
15. The Kraken King Part 2: The Kraken King and the Adominable Worm by Meljean Brook (5/5 stars)
16. Legends of Zita the Spacegirl (Zita the Spacegirl, Book 2) by Ben Hatke (4.5/5 stars)
17. This One Summer by Mariko Tamaki and Jillian Tamaki (4/5 stars)
18. The Forever Song (Blood of Eden, Book 3) by Julie Kagawa (4/5 stars)
19. Return of Zita the Spacegirl (Zita the Spacegirl, Book 3) by Ben Hatke (5/5 stars)
20. Nick and Tesla’s Secret Agent Gadget Battle (Nick and Tesla, Book 3) by Bob Pflugfelder, Steve Hockensmith (4/5 stars)
21. Magi: The Labyrinth of Magic, Vol 6 by Shinobu Ohtaka (4.5/5 stars)
22. Half-Off Ragnarok (InCryptid, Book 3) by Seanan McGuire (5/5 stars)
23. The Wizard’s Promise (The Hannah Duology, Book 1) by Cassandra Rose Clarke (3/5 stars)
24. Claymore, Vol 3 by Norihiro Yagi (5/5 stars)
25. Chi’s Sweet Home, Vol 8 by Konami Kanata (4/5 stars)
26. The Screaming Staircase (Lockwood and Co, Book 1) by Jonathan Stroud (4/5 stars)
27. Camelot Burning (Metal and Lace, Book 1) by Kathryn Rose (3/5 stars)